Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-09-04 Posts misrepresent CDC risk assessment of new SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86; COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase the risk of infection Claim: With the new BA.2.86 variant, “We’re in a situation where vaccination, according to the CDC, increases the likelihood of infection” Source: YouTube, John Campbell, 2023-08-29
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-08-31 Health authorities continue to collect safety data on COVID-19 vaccines, contrary to misleading claim by the Daily Wire Claim: The CDC “Remove[d] COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports”, “stopping the collection of public health information doesn’t have a clinical justification” Source: Daily Wire, Brandon Drey, 2023-08-27
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-08-29 Vitamin K shots are safe and polysorbate 80 isn’t poisonous, contrary to claim by Brandy Vaughan Claim: Vitamin K shots are poisonous because they contain polysorbate 80 as “main active ingredient” that has “strong links with infertility, with autoimmune issues” Source: Instagram, Brandy Vaughan, 2023-05-25
Flawed reasoning Health Posted on: 2023-08-17 England mortality data shows a lower COVID-19 mortality risk among vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated ones, contrary to claim by Slay News Claim: “the Covid injections are not effective” because the large majority of deaths involving COVID-19 occurred among vaccinated individuals Source: Slay News, Frank Bergman, 2023-08-06
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-08-11 Why Alex Jones’ claim on Infowars that COVID-19 vaccines cause meat allergy is baseless Claim: “Moderna and Pfizer shots have a bovine protein in them that then creates an autoimmune response in those that take the shot so that many of them can no longer eat beef” Source: Infowars, Alex Jones, 2023-08-07
Incorrect Health Posted on: 2023-08-10 VAERS data don’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are deadly; Steve Kirsch’s claim to the contrary relied on flawed analysis Claim: VAERS data are “crystal clear”: “the COVID vaccines are killing people” Source: Substack, Steve Kirsch, 2023-08-06
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-08-08 Swiss study doesn’t show that Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is dangerous for the heart, John Campbell and The Gateway Pundit exaggerated the study’s conclusions Claim: “1 in 35 people showed signs of heart damage after taking the Moderna COVID19 vaccine”; it is a “kill shot”; taking “this kind of risk, it’s just complete madness” Source: YouTube, Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, John Campbell, 2023-07-26
Inaccurate Health Posted on: 2023-08-02 WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is vaccinated against COVID-19, contrary to edited video claiming otherwise Claim: “Dr Tedros doesn’t have his vaccination” Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2023-07-02
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-08-02 No imminent avian flu pandemic is being staged by Bill Gates or the WHO; claim by Redacted YouTube channel misrepresented sources Claim: Bill Gates and health agencies are staging a new pandemic specifically targeting children; it might already be here according to the WHO or the UK government Source: YouTube, Natali Morris, Clayton Morris, 2023-05-17
Misleading Health Posted on: 2023-07-26 The commercially available Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is safe and was tested on more than 250 people, contrary to claim by statistician Christine Cotton Claim: “Pfizer’s COVID Shot Was Only Tested on 250 People” Source: The Florida Standard, Twitter/X, Christine Cotton, 2023-07-09